Tire-heater



rre STATES FRED RINGSTMEYER, OF MALCOLM, NEBRASKA.

TIRE-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,743, dated April 21, 1896. Application led November 13, 1895. Serial No. 568,827. (No model.)

To ctZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED RINGSTMEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malcolm, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Tire-Heaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tire-heaters; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient portable tireheater adapted for use with kerosene, gasolene, or the like, and by which intense heat may be produced in a short time.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tire-heater with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a substantially central vertical section through the same with the cover in place. Fig. 3 is a section on the line a; c of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a circular or ring* shaped receptacle, of any suitable material, adapted to be supported in any suitable manner. In this instance it is shown as adapted for support upon suitable legs A', which serve also the further function of holding in position the perforated circular pipes, which will be hereinafter described. Vithin this ring are arranged a plurality of troughs B, in this instance shown as two in number, and these are held therein in any suitable 1nanner-as, for instance, by the cross portions of the legs A', as shown. Other means, however, may be employed for holding these troughs in po sition.

Ois a tank or reservoir adapted to contain the kerosene, gasolene, or other material employed, and from this leads a dischargepipe communicating with the coupling or branch D', from opposite ends of which extend the pipes E and F, each of which is provided with a suitable valve or stop-cock f to control the vouter upwardly-extending flanges of the ring A.

In practice, the tank being filled with oil, the Valves are opened until the troughs are about one-half full of the oil and then the valves are closed. The oil is then ignited and the pipes will soon be heated. The valves are again opened and oil allowed to flow into the circular pipes, and as soon as the latter are hot enough the oil will form gas and Will heat the tires in a very short time. But a small amount of kerosene or gasolene will be re quired to heat a set of tires, and the device may be carried from place to place and the tires set in the lield, if necessary.

l. A tire-heater, comprising an annular receptacle, troughs therein, pipes located in said troughs and perforated upon their upper faces, a tank, pipes affording communication between the same and the pipes of the troughs, legs supporting said receptacle and holding the troughs and pipes and valves controlling the passage of the oil through such pipes, said legs being directly connected to said pipes substantially as and for the purposes speciiied.

2. A tire-heater, comprising an annular receptacle, troughs therein and pipes in said troughs, communicating with the source of supply and legs for supporting said receptacle, serving also to retain the pipes in the troughs, said legs being directly connected to said pipes substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A tire-heater, comprising an annular receptacle, troughs therein and pipes in said troughs communicating with the source of IOO supply and legs for supporting said reeeptaspeeieation in the presence of two subscribele, serving also to retain the pipes in the ing` Witnesses.

trouffhs and a @over havin@ an innel1 and T oute annular depending flalge7 said legs be- FRED RIB GSTME YER' 5 ing directly connected to said pipes substan- Witnesses:

tially as and for the purposes specified. A. T. SULLIVAN,

In testimony whereof I have signed this J. E. DAVEY. 

